5 of the biggest steals right now in the DiscoverEstevan Online Auction

There is an impressive mix of items that you can still save hundreds of dollars on in the DiscoverEstevan Online Auction.

Good news if you're a fan of jewellery, sports, recreation, art, or water. You can make out like a bandit with some of the following deals.

1. A & A Jewellery

There's a good chance that either you wouldn't mind adding some beautiful jewellery to your collection, or you are close to someone in that boat. 

Take advantage of massive savings on a variety of prizes from the community pillar, A & A Jewellery.

Feel good watch: Elephant returns dropped shoe to child at zoo

An elephant never forgets, so the saying goes at least, and a family is sure to never forget their trip to a zoo recently.

A recent video has gone viral after a young child dropped one of their shoes into an elephant enclosure. The incident took place at a zoo in Shandong province in China, according to Indian Express.

While the family wasn't sure what to do, the sweet pachyderm knew exactly what to do. The elephant scooped up the tike's tiny shoe with its trunk and stretched out and placed it in the family's waiting hands.

'Peace Trek' to showcase the new Manitoba Peace Trail

It’s a journey through history – an exercise of body, mind and spirit. 

That’s how Gary Dyck describes the inaugural Peace Trek, which will take walkers, runners and cyclists down the Manitoba Peace Trail while fundraising for both the Mennonite Heritage Village and Eden Foundation. 

“It’ll be good for community recreation and well-being,” says Dyck, Executive Director of Mennonite Heritage Village. “The trail has a sort of pilgrimage feel to it.” 

Black smoke darkens sky just inside the Perimeter

Springfield Fire and Rescue is attending a large fire beside the Trans-Canada Highway just inside the East Perimeter Highway. 

Black smoke was seen billowing from a location near Symington Road Wednesday afternoon. A witness at the scene who did not want their name used says a large industrial building caught fire and became completely engulfed in flames in a matter of minutes. 

RCMP release details about fatal crop dusting crash

A 54-year male pilot from Morden has passed away following a plane crash Tuesday evening.

At 8:25 pm, Portage la Prairie RCMP received a report of a plane crash approximately 18 kilometres southwest of Southport.

RCMP and EMS services arrived on the scene and located a crop dusting plane that had crashed into a field. The pilot was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada was notified and was deployed to the site.

 

 

Natural gas and propane to drop in price

The cost of two utilities is going down as of August 1st.

The Public Utilities Board has approved the application of Centra Gas Manitoba Inc. to decrease the current Primary Gas rate from $0.2055/m3 to $0.1977/m3. Approval was also given for a decrease in the Stittco propane commodity rate from $1.9618/m3 to $1.8835/m3.

According to the Utilities Board, the current Primary Gas rate reduction is the result of declines in the North American natural gas market prices.